2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

The 2022 CECAFA U17 Championship was the 5th CECAFA U-17 Championship organized by CECAFA (¨Council of East and Central Africa Football Association). It took place from October 3 to October 15, 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .^[1]

2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
City	Addis Ababa,
Dates	3-15 October 2022
Teams	10 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Somalia (1st title)
Runners-up	South Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	30 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sylvester Otto (4 goals)
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This competition also served as the CECAFA qualifiers for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations as the two finalists of the tournament represented CECAFA in the CAF U-17 continental competition.

The ten teams were initially drawn into two groups of five teams. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan and Eritrea were drawn into Group A and Uganda, Djibouti, Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda were drawn into Group B. However, on 26 September, Eritrea and Rwanda withdrew from the competition, leaving both the groups with four teams.^[2][3] On 1 October, Djibouti and Sudan were disqualified from the tournament after some of their players failed the MRI test, leaving Group B with only two teams.^[4] The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Venue

• Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa - Ethiopia ^[5]

Teams

•  Burundi
•  Djibouti - Withdrew
•  Eritrea - Withdrew*
•  Ethiopia (Hosts)
•  Rwanda - Withdrew* ^[6]
•  Somalia
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan - Withdrew ^[7]
•  Tanzania
•  Uganda

Match officials

^[8]

Referees Diaffari Nduwumana (Burundi) Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania) Abdelaziz Yasser Ahmed(Sudan) Mitiku Tewodros (Ethiopia) Nasser Mohamud Hussein(Djibouti) Ahmed Hassan Hussein (Somalia) (Ms) Jelly Chavani Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda) Mahmoud Ahmed Nagi Musa Kassim Abdelsalam

Assistant Referees Renovat Bizumuremyi (Burundi) Mohamed Abdelgabar (Sudan) Elmoiz Ali Mohamed Ahmed (Sudan) Gasim Mader (South Sudan) Adam Ali Eid (Somalia) Tigle Belachew (Ethiopia) Fasika Yehualashet Biru (Ethiopia) Seif Kassim Mpanga (Tanzania) Ronald Katenya (Uganda) Mohamed Charmarke

Group stage

Original Groups

• Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ethiopia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. On 26 September 2022, Eritrea withdrew from the competition.^[9]

• Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]
4	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Notes:

1. On 26 September 2022, Rwanda withdrew from the competition.also Djibuti and Sudan on september 28

• On october 1st the CECAFA announced the disqualification of Sudan and Djibouti. A new draw was set for 2 October with on 6 team .^[10][11]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6	Semi-finals
2	Somalia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ethiopia (H)	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Ethiopia	0–1	Somalia
	Report	A. Abdi 12'

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

16:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

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Tanzania	3–2	Ethiopia
Otto 3', 15' Iddi 87'	Report	Seyoum 9', 20'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

16:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

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Somalia	1–2	Tanzania
Bilal 38'	Report	Otto 75', 79'

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

13:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Yasir Abdelaziz (Sudan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Semi-finals
2	South Sudan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
3	Burundi	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Uganda	4–0	Burundi
Yiga 17', 45' Nkoola 35' Okello 55'	Report

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

13:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

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South Sudan	1–4	Uganda
Okenny 67'	Report	Nkoola 25', 51' Sembuusi 37' Walusimbi 45+1'

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

13:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

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Burundi	1–1	South Sudan
Harimbabazi 65'	Report	Mabil 83'

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

16:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
	Uganda	1 (7)
					15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
	Somalia (p)	1 (8)
					Somalia	3
	12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
					South Sudan	1
	Tanzania	1 (3)
	South Sudan (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
					Uganda	1 (1)
					Tanzania (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Uganda	1–1	Somalia
Ssemwogerere 42'	Report	A. Abdi 44'
Penalties
Yiga Ssonko Wandera Walusimbi Ssekajugo Okello Tumwesigye Nkoola	7–8	Abdullahi Abdukadir Abdalla Bilal M. Abdi A. Abdi Nor Ali

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

12:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia)

Tanzania	1–1	South Sudan
Charles 71'	Report	Gem 37'
Penalties
Omar Farid M. Salum Hamisi Charles	3–4	Obama Mabil Moses Taban Gem

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

15:30

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

Third place

Uganda	1–1	Tanzania
Lubega 45+2'	Report	Omar 52'
Penalties
Yiga Ssonko Ouke	1–4	Omar M. Salum Kapil Farid

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

12:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Nasser Houssein (Djibouti)

Final

Somalia	3–1	South Sudan
A. Abdi 6' Dahir 59', 71' (goat)	Report	Minari 48'

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

15:00

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

• Sylvester Otto

3 goals

• Abdihafid Abdi
• Arafat Nkoola

2 goals

• Biruk Seyoum
• Abdirahin Dahir
• Alex Yiga

1 goal

• Ramadhan Harimbabazi
• Idris Bilal
• Jonathan Gem
• David Mabil
• Ajo Minari
• Abraham Okenny
• Yasin Charles
• Idrisa Iddi
• Ally Omar

• Farouk Lubega
• Richard Okello
• Patrick Sembuusi
• Jamal Ssemwogerere
• Abubakali Walusimbi

Qualification for CAF U17 Cup of Nations

The two finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

References

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